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• From 2010 to 2023, the rate at which babies are stillborn or die within the first month of life has decreased (from 8.1 to 6.8 deaths per 1,000 births. Source: ONS*)

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths for the UK and each of the Devolved Nations. Find out more about ONS and how they publish data in our statistics guide.

*Before 2022, we reported ONS perinatal mortality data from the Vital statistics in the UK data release

The information on this page was last reviewed in July 2025. 

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While the overall mortality rate has gradually decreased across the UK, the picture for each nation is more complex. As Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have comparatively small populations, their mortality rates fluctuate far more from year to year.

The numbers for 2023 (the most recent year for which data is available) also show the current picture for each nation and the whole of the UK.

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